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URL Shortener
Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap
In short
A production version of the classic system-design project — short code generation, redirect handling, and click analytics — a compact but genuinely impressive portfolio piece.
How to learn this
- 1Add click analytics (count, referrer, timestamp) for each shortened link.
- 2Cache the redirect lookup path aggressively since it's extremely read-heavy.
- 3Add custom aliases and link expiration as bonus features.
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